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I Don't Like To Use The Word 'remake', I Think Reinterpretation Is A Better Word. It's Just A Matter Of Respecting The Source, And Then Trying To Make Your Own Film, And Trying Not To Be Inhibited By Being So Beholden To Every Single Thing... We Respect The Source, But We Make Changes To It.

Right Now A Lot Of People Are Still Choosing To Go To Toronto Instead Of Shooting In New York City, Something I Haven't Done And Something I Hope I'll Never Have To Do.

It Comes Down To This: Black People Were Stripped Of Our Identities When We Were Brought Here, And It's Been A Quest Since Then To Define Who We Are.

I Respect The Audience's Intelligence A Lot, And That's Why I Don't Try To Go For The Lowest Common Denominator.

I'm Just Trying To Tell A Good Story And Make Thought-provoking, Entertaining Films. I Just Try And Draw Upon The Great Culture We Have As A People, From Music, Novels, The Streets.